Chest Marks

[Enviable Tradition]

Just a thread to note those players who aren't willing to put theirs arms out in front and protect the ball and risk a hit in the side and instead opt to take a chest mark and get spoiled.

MacKinlay is the first one today and a repeat offender.

 

[PowerLil]

Under 9's stuff. Absolutely pathetic.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Add Wehr to the list

 

[Frank Hansen II]

Add Wehr to the list

Been doing it all season. A lot were doing it last week though.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Not so much today but Luko has been known to do this, not great from anyone but especially poor from a key forward.

 

[Nemisis]

It's been one of my bugbears for ages. At training, they never chest mark but use their arms but in the game, some of our players allow the ball to drop onto their chest.

 

[PJ Power]

Just a thread to note those players who aren't willing to put theirs arms out in front and protect the ball and risk a hit in the side and instead opt to take a chest mark and get spoiled.

MacKinlay is the first one today and a repeat offender.

Wehr multiple times too.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

When the rain comes there will be more chest marks taken - slippery and heavy ball, protect the drop zone stuff happening.

But whilst its nice and dry, chests marks should be limited to diving type situations not when you get a nice kick on the lead and opponent is close by. Those should be taken with arms stretched out in front in the hands.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

When the rain comes there will be more chest marks taken - slippery and heavy ball, protect the drop zone stuff happening.

But whilst its nice and dry, chests marks should be limited to diving type situations not when you get a nice kick on the lead and opponent is close by. Those should be taken with arms stretched out in front in the hands.

Amd even in the wet we need to do a far better job of protecting the drop zone with thr body and taking the hit.

 

[Rising Power]

Hard to draw an arm chop free with a chest mark attempt too (on the wild assumption the umps decide to pay it)

 

[chiwigi]

Just a thread to note those players who aren't willing to put theirs arms out in front and protect the ball and risk a hit in the side and instead opt to take a chest mark and get spoiled.

MacKinlay is the first one today and a repeat offender.

We are going to be the best wet weather team in the league.

wHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT carr has seen the weather forecast for finals this year and the super El Nino means that September will be the wettest on record.
We are preparing for finals, not the regular season.

chess not chequers guys!

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Aliir has a habit of trying to mark high kicks that are dropping on his head as chest marks. And they're also the ones he looks the most unco with and then drops.

Its a bit like he's broken a few fingers and doesn't want to risk it again.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Last week on 5AA, Timmy G said that chest marks should be outlawed down at the club.

 

[The Hobo]

Just a thread to note those players who aren't willing to put theirs arms out in front and protect the ball and risk a hit in the side and instead opt to take a chest mark and get spoiled.

MacKinlay is the first one today and a repeat offender.

Aerially, he's about the poorest player i've seen at AFL level.

 

[The Hobo]

Aliir has a habit of trying to mark high kicks that are dropping on his head as chest marks. And they're also the ones he looks the most unco with and then drops.

Its a bit like he's broken a few fingers and doesn't want to risk it again.

He definitely does have a few broken fingers haha

 

[raptalia]

I do not understand the point that is being made in this thread. Obviously my understanding of a chest mark is different from every one else's. Times change and obviously leave dinosaurs like me behind. Maybe some one can post a clip to illustrate the point that is being made?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Last week on 5AA, Timmy G said that chest marks should be outlawed down at the club.

Nah there is a time and place for them, but its on a minority of occasions, and not when you are on a lead in beautiful weather.

 

[Lefti93]

I kind of noticed it too, but even more frustrating than chest mark attempts were our players just being planted to the ground waiting for them. Wehr did it on one occasion and it pissed me off, a couple others too.

 

[raptalia]

Now that is a chest mark...

 

[1954]

Now that is a chest mark...

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Great chest mark by Mots taken late in the Maggie's golden era Pieman!

Another very good exponent was Neville `Chicken' Hayes, who had a way of arching his back and wrapping his upper body so tightly around the ball it couldn't have been dislodged if his opponent had a sledge hammer, and whilst we are onboard the reminiscing train there was also a bloke named Bob Fabian who was pretty good at the caper as well.

 

[Coobk001]

Just a thread to note those players who aren't willing to put theirs arms out in front and protect the ball and risk a hit in the side and instead opt to take a chest mark and get spoiled.

MacKinlay is the first one today and a repeat offender.

Lukosius nearly every marking contest

 

[Coobk001]

It's been one of my bugbears for ages. At training, they never chest mark but use their arms but in the game, some of our players allow the ball to drop onto their chest.

Mental weakness and panic.

Being there live and watching our boys lose the plot as soon as the crowd turned up the tempo on the weekend was so damning. Our boys are brittle as hell.

 

[GremioPower]

Mental weakness and panic.

It has been a big issue for years. For instance, I don’t know a different Port.

 

[raptalia]

Great chest mark by Mots taken late in the Maggie's golden era Pieman!

Another very good exponent was Neville `Chicken' Hayes, who had a way of arching his back and wrapping his upper body so tightly around the ball it couldn't have been dislodged if his opponent had a sledge hammer, and whilst we are onboard the reminiscing train there was also a bloke named Bob Fabian who was pretty good at the caper as well.

In those days getting possession was the main objective these days it is all about fast disposal of the ball. The nett result is players are encouraged to take the ball in front of the body rather than letting it hit the chest as this means quicker disposal. It sounds good in theory but as others have posted players often drop the ball and it doesn't always look good.

In Mots day we took a chest mark and went back and took a kick usually as hard and far as we could whereas these days they keep running and either hand ball or short kick. Times have changed and with it the game has certainly changed. I guess if we go back far enough players took a chest mark then went back raised a divot and took a place kick. You would remember Mick Clingly the last man to use a place kick in the SANFL.

 

[1954]

In those days getting possession was the main objective these days it is all about fast disposal of the ball. The nett result is players are encouraged to take the ball in front of the body rather than letting it hit the chest as this means quicker disposal. It sounds good in theory but as others have posted players often drop the ball and it doesn't always look good.

In Mots day we took a chest mark and went back and took a kick usually as hard and far as we could whereas these days they keep running and either hand ball or short kick. Times have changed and with it the game has certainly changed. I guess if we go back far enough players took a chest mark then went back raised a divot and took a place kick. You would remember Mick Clingly the last man to use a place kick in the SANFL.

I met Mick Clingly in the late 1960's Pieman when he used to visit my boss, they both played footy and cricket for West Torrens.
Their careers were about 20 years apart though as the boss played for Torrens when their home ground was Wayville oval.
Mick's place kick used to get the occasional mention from time to time, and as you would probably be aware he did for a dare as that type of kick hadn't been used in matches for decades.

As a young sport mad bloke it was an interesting place to work, with only 12 -15 mature aged men on the staff, 3 of them had played football and/or cricket at a high level.

There was Bruce Bowley who opened the batting and the bowling for SA in the Sheffield Shield in the 1950's, Jack Causby ( whose son John was a very good opening batsman for SA in the Les Favell and Chappell eras) and Jack was no slouch himself having played league footy and district cricket for West Torrens, and Frank Boyle who played league footy for North Adelaide.

Frank is still one of the strongest blokes I have ever known, he was only about 5' 9'' but was about 2 axe handles wide across the shoulders, with upper arms the size of the average man's thighs and he had huge forearms and wrists as well.

I can still remember Frank when he was in a hurry to get somewhere (probably the Red Lion ) picking up a one of those heavy wooden tripod ladders with me at about 70 kegs (back then) on one side, a work mate who would have been around 60 kegs on the other (for a total weight of about 150 kgs) like it was a featherweight, and he did it easier than most blokes in their late 50's would have been able to move the ladder on its own.

Jack wasn't a drinker, but the other two used to demolish their first pint at the aforementioned Red Lion and later in various establishments in the Norwood area in about 20 - 30 seconds, and when I reached drinking age and occasionally went to lunch with them they would down 4 or 5 pints with a counter meal!